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Adequately manned police force deployed at Gazipur protest site: officer (representative) Ghaziabad: An FIR was registered on Saturday in a complaint alleging that Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, who has been participating in the agitation against farm laws, received a death threat on his phone, a senior said. …

The Delhi Traffic Police said on Saturday that two national highways, NH9 and NH24, were closed for the movement of traffic from Delhi to Ghaziabad, as farmers continue their protests against the central government agricultural reforms introduced in September. When updating travelers via Twitter, the police advised them to take …

Farmers protests: Protesters at the Tikri border near Delhi against the three agricultural laws New Delhi: Peasant leaders have called on the government to meet again on December 29 amid protests over the new farm laws. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) also lost an ally, the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, today …

The protesting farmers’ unions have proposed holding another round of talks with the Center at 11 a.m. on December 29, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said on Saturday. The decision was made at a meeting of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, a body that brings together 40 farmers’ unions protesting on Delhi’s borders …

Congressional leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday called on his party members to wake up and join farmers’ protests to speak out against the new agricultural laws introduced by the Center. “Farmers in Haryana, Punjab, UP and Rajasthan are protesting against the agricultural laws because Prime Minister Modi is doing them …

Hanuman Beniwal had formed the RLP after leaving the BJP. New Delhi: The Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, led by Hanuman Beniwal, said on Saturday that it was resigning from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to protest the three agricultural laws that have sparked mass demonstrations by farmers. “We will not …

Harinder Singh Khalsa is a former member of parliament. Chandigarh: Former Lok Sabha deputy Harinder Singh Khalsa resigned from the BJP to protest “due to the callousness shown by party and government leaders towards the sufferings of farmers, their wives and children who protest against the three agrarian laws,” he …

The protesting farmers have said they want the laws repealed. (Archive) Highlight Forty agricultural unions will hold a meeting today at 2 pm The Center told farmers on Sunday to choose the next date for the talks. Today’s meeting comes after the prime minister attacked the opposition over farm laws …

“We have another meeting tomorrow to make a decision on the Center’s letter. At this meeting, we can decide to resume talks with the government, as it appears in its previous letters that it has not been able to understand our problems so far,” he said. on Friday. He said …

A group of seven influential US lawmakers, including Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, urging him to raise the issue of the farmers’ protest in India with his Indian counterpart. India has called the statements by foreign leaders and politicians about the farmers’ protests …